Anyone know the name of the company that the Mac Protector
Anyone know the name of the fraudulent company (or companies) that malware Mac Protector or Mac Defender used to charge suckers like me for "protection" against a virus-infected Mac?
I have seen a lot of criticism of Apple over this, and at the risk of being seen to be biased, I think their unrushed, deliberate approach made sense. After all, the user had to actually let the software into their computer and provide a password authorizing that action. And then they had to provide a credit card number to an unknown and unverified entity that claimed to be solving a problem.
One of the big issues is that most users do all their web browsing using an account with Admin authorization. That is a REALLY bad idea. Not only does it make it easier for malware to create havoc, it makes it easy for the user of the computer to do damage to the system inadvertently. Look at the number of people posting messages like "I have lost all my apps, where did they go!"
I hope you use a "Standard" account for your daily Mac usage!!
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What application are you printing the PDF files from? Have you tried opening the PDF file using the Preview application that can be found in the Applications folder? Does the issue still occur? Have you tried other PDF files from a different source?
Another poster in the following discussion thread reported that this method resolved their black blank PDF issue when viewing (and presumably printing) PDF files from Safari.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3890509?start=0&tstart=0
This solved my question by mcbuffy on Apr 20, 2012 11:29 AM
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cheers!Anyone that did know would be bound by non-dosclosure agreement not to say.
Unless Apple announces, which they very rarely do, there is no way to know what Apple will do in the future or when they will do it.
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